Susan Sontag

35 Podcast Episodes

Episode 3: Susan Sontag with Merve Emre

Episode 3: Susan Sontag with Merve Emre

Susan Sontag (1933- 2004) was a writer, critic and activist, one who isn’t thought of (and didn’t think of herself) as c... Read more

24 Jul 2023

1hr 7mins

Selected Essays | Merve Emre & Tobi Haslett on Susan Sontag (Bonus Episode!)

Selected Essays | Merve Emre & Tobi Haslett on Susan Sontag (Bonus Episode!)

On this bonus episode of “Selected Essays,” Merve Emre and Tobi Haslett discuss the great American essayists Elizabeth H... Read more

24 May 2023

41mins

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Samuel R. Delany refuses to give up on Susan Sontag’s biographers

Samuel R. Delany refuses to give up on Susan Sontag’s biographers

The seventh part of what is turning out to be a saga—listened to its entirety it amounts to a class on biography that yo... Read more

30 Apr 2023

46mins

Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave

Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Susan Sontag’s essay In Plato’s Cave from her book: On Photography.  In this essa... Read more

14 Apr 2023

1hr 7mins

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Episode #178 ... Susan Sontag - How Much Is Your View Of Everything Affected By Metaphors?

Episode #178 ... Susan Sontag - How Much Is Your View Of Everything Affected By Metaphors?

Get more:  Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize Th... Read more

5 Apr 2023

36mins

Episode #177 ... Susan Sontag - Do you speak the language of pictures and videos?

Episode #177 ... Susan Sontag - Do you speak the language of pictures and videos?

Get more: Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Philosophize Thi... Read more

22 Mar 2023

33mins

Episode #176 ... Susan Sontag - Do you criticize yourself the way you criticize a movie?

Episode #176 ... Susan Sontag - Do you criticize yourself the way you criticize a movie?

Today we talk about the essay titled Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag. :) www.philosophizethis.org www.patreon.com... Read more

1 Mar 2023

33mins

Susan Sontag: Notes on Camp

Susan Sontag: Notes on Camp

In this episode we discuss Susan Sontag's incredible 1964 essay Notes on Camp. Join us as we cover Art Nouveau; dandyism... Read more

20 Feb 2023

1hr 3mins

EP 309: Kristen Stewart's Susan Sontag Era

EP 309: Kristen Stewart's Susan Sontag Era

Aaaaaaaand we're back! This week, Penn saying no to sex scenes, Robert's new house, and the impossible resurrection in S... Read more

13 Feb 2023

1hr 4mins

Susan Sontag discusses Tuberculosis

Susan Sontag discusses Tuberculosis

First broadcast on June 30, 1978. Sontag reads from "Illness as Metaphor" and discusses differences between diseases, pa... Read more

4 Nov 2022

54mins

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